UW Wisconsin Madison, Executive Education, iMedia — Madison, WI
Search engine marketing
Creating a buzz â?? viral marketing
Web analytics
Speakers:
Jeff Muendel, Online Marketing Analyst, Netconcepts
Elite Retreat — San Francisco, CA
This is two days of information packed sessions geared towards your business. Not what we want to talk about, but answers to your questions, addressing your needs. If you want to take your business from good to great, then our lineup of highly recognized and admired leaders will definitely provide the answers you are looking for. Imagine interacting with some of the top minds in the business and having them critique your business plan and websites. This is definitely two days that will change your business life!
Leaders: Jeremy Schoemaker, Stephan Spencer, Andy Liu, Neil Patel, Kris Jones
Keynote Speakers: Gary Vaynerchuk and Guy Kawasaki
Register here
Internet Retailer Web Design — Miami Beach, FL
One constant of consumer Internet search behavior is that many shoppers skip the paid words in search results and go right to the natural listings. Thus while a lot of attention has been paid to how to choose keywords and manage keyword bids, optimizing pages for search marketing is just as important. But Internet Retailer research shows that retailers consistently rank below general sites in natural language rankings. Yet the fact that a few retailers have learned how to rank at the top shows retailers can land in those spots. This live session will feature two optimization experts who will analyze attendees’ sites on the spot and tell them what they can do to optimize better for search engine rankings.
Speakers:
Stephan Spencer, President, Netconcepts
Suzy Sandberg, President, PM Digital
Search Engine Strategies — Chicago, IL
Are you in charge of marketing the website, yet have to deal with unfamiliar IT issues? How do you handle a mean IT department? Do you want to improve your relationship with your IT staff? This session provides clear advice and translates the geek-speak into real-life examples. Learn specific steps to analyze your website for potential search engine road blocks such as duplicate content penalties, canonicalization, circular navigation, and other technical horrors. We’ll help you identify potential problems and provide clear advice on how to approach your IT department with your request and an olive branch of peace.
Moderator:
Chris Boggs, Manager, SEO, Brulant, Inc., recently acquired by Rosetta
Speakers:
Matthew Bailey, President, SiteLogic
Bob Tripathi, Search Marketing Strategist, Discover Financial Services
Robert Heyman, Chief Search Officer, MediaSmith
Stephan Spencer, Founder & President, Netconcepts, LLC
Search Engine Strategies — Chicago, IL
Not yet running a blog? Not syndicating your content through web feeds? Then you’re missing out on an important area that can help your overall SEO efforts. Learn more about the unique advantages blogs and feeds offer to search engine optimization.
Moderator:
Rebecca Lieb, Contributing Editor, ClickZ
Speakers:
Lee Odden, CEO, TopRank Online Marketing
Sally Falkow, President, PRESSfeed
Stephan Spencer, Founder & President, Netconcepts, LLC
Search Engine Strategies — Chicago, IL
How far is too far in optimizing your internal link structure? If you operate a network of sites, can natural interlinking be perceived as link spam? How should you handle affiliate links? Advanced linking issues like these and more will be explored during this session. This session is designed for experienced marketers. Beginners should only attend if they’ve gone through the Link Building Basics session earlier in the day.
Moderator:
PJ Fusco, Natural Search Director, Netconcepts
Speakers:
Michael Gray, President, Atlas Web Service
Wil Reynolds, Founder, SEER Interactive
Chris Boggs, Manager, SEO, Brulant, Inc., recently acquired by Rosetta
Search Engine Strategies — Chicago, IL
Discover how search engines rely on link analysis as an important component for rank web pages. Learn also how to increase traffic to your site by building quality links in an appropriate manner.
Moderator:
Jennifer Evans Laycock, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Guide
Speakers:
Jeff Quipp, President & CEO, Search Engine People
PJ Fusco, Natural Search Director, Netconcepts
Jody Farmer, VP, Strategic Marketing, CreditCards.com
Sharad Verma, Senior Product Manager, Yahoo! Search Technology
In this article on Multichannel Merchant, Netconcepts founder and President Stephan Spencer sits down with Amy Africa to review Old Pueblo Traders, an eCommerce clothing site. Stephan’s contribution discusses key concepts in SEO like this one:
In my brief tour of Oldpueblotraders.com, I found plenty of opportunities for major traffic gains through search engine optimization. The first one became immediately obvious as I was loading the home page. Directing my Web browser to load http://www.oldpueblotraders.com/, I was immediately redirected to http://www.oldpueblotraders.com/pagebuilder/.
Unfortunately, the type of redirect used was a temporary one (302) instead of a permanent one (301). I discovered this through the use of a server header checker (http://www.webrankinfo.com/english/tools/server-header.php) A 301 redirect passes PageRank and link popularity to the destination URL, whereas a 302 redirect does not. Luckily, this is an easy thing to fix.
For more about this eCommerce website audit, visit the original article on Multichannel Merchant here.
UW Wisconsin Madison, Executive Education, iMedia — Madison, WI
Search engine marketing
Creating a buzz â?? viral marketing
Web analytics
Speakers:
Jeff Muendel, Online Marketing Analyst, Netconcepts
PubCon — Las Vegas, NV
Learn the best tips, tools, and techniques for non-traditional optimization for both indexing as well as ranking support. This includes files such as PDFs, docs, podcasts and RSS feeds.
Speakers:
Rick Klau, Strategic Partner Development, Google
Stephan Spencer, Founder & President, Netconcepts
George Aspland, Founder & President, eVision, LLC
Lee Odden, President, TopRank Online Marketing